Dr Jeff McNeill

Senior Lecturer in Resource & Environmental Planning

School of People, Environment and Planning

Jeff coordinates and lectures environmental management policy and planning to undergraduate and postgraduate levels, with a particular focus on New Zealand. He comes to academia after 23 years as a policy analyst, manager and consultant in local and central government. He draws on this experience in his research and teaching.

Research Expertise

Research Interests

Research project: 'After the RMA: environmental governance for New Zealand in the Twenty-first Century'

the future of regional government

Research Opportunities

Environmental governance for New Zealand

Thematics

21st Century Citizenship,
Resource Development and Management,
Design – for Commerce, Community and Culture

Area of Expertise

Field of research codes
Built Environment And Design (120000):
Environmental Sciences (050000):
Land Use and Environmental Planning (120504):
Other Environmental Sciences (059900):
Urban and Regional Planning (120500)

Keywords

Jeff is an experienced researcher and public policy analyst who has worked in European Union, and New Zealand central and local government institutions. He has particular strengths in New Zealand and European environmental science and policy, and local government.

Jeff has a thorough understanding of natural resource management legislation and policy, and as a policy analyst and manager has been responsible for preparation of statutory regional plans under the Resource Management Act and other legislation. His doctoral studies examined the efficacy of New Zealand's environmental management under the Resource Management Act, with particular regard to regional councils.

McNeill, J. (2015). The state that reinvented itself: New Zealand’s transition to the market competition state. In Small States in the Modern World: Vulnerabilities and Opportunities. (pp. 165 - 182). [Chapter]Authored by: McNeill, J.

Bramley, M., & McNeill, J. (2011). Up the River and Down the Creek: in-stream ecological values and property rights under the RMA. In K. Bosselmann, & V. Tava (Eds.) Water Rights and Sustainability. Auckland: New Zealand Centre for Environmental Law[Chapter]Authored by: McNeill, J.

Report

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, .(2009). Meat: The Future - Opportunities and challenges for the New Zealand sheep meat and beef sector over the next 10 to 15 years. Wellington: MAF[Technical Report]Authored by: McNeill, J.

McNeill, JK.(2004). Increasing New Zealand's Influence in the European Union: challenges and opportunities at the European Parliament. Palmerston North: publicpolicy.co.nz[Technical Report]Authored by: McNeill, J.

McNeill, JK. (2017, April). Lost victory: the New Zealand vivision in the Battle of Messines, June 1917. Presented at The Myriad Faces of War: 1917 and its legacy Symposium. Wellington, New Zealand.[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: McNeill, J.

McNeill, JK. (2013). The legitimacy of IWRM Scale Politics: Lessons from New Zealand. European Consortium Political Research General Conference Proceedings. (pp. 1 - 18). : European Consortium Political Research General Conference[Conference Paper in Published Proceedings]Authored by: McNeill, J.

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McNeill, JK. (2013, September). It was always the economy, stupid: the GFC as an alibi for local government business as usual. Presented at Policy & Politics Conference. Bristol.[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: McNeill, J.

Syed Ali
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Doctor of Philosophy
The role of environmental assessment in statutory decision-making for large-scale infrastructure projects: A case study of the Ruataniwha Water Storage Scheme (New Zealand)